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How the Arcane Boots + Soul Ring trick works?Well with a Bounty Hunter, Nyx, Riki or some hero with a Shadow blade or Invis Rune, this is always a risk. Plus someone could just run into you and get a stun off and deny your items. It is a risk, jsut like taking off your Tranquil boots for jungling. And I can't remember if any other games do this, but I find this is an advanced mechanic that better players can use, with that risk of loosing the item.

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How the Arcane Boots + Soul Ring trick works?@Waterseas Actually I think it's a neat way of handling it. Otherwise how should it be handled fairly? You have the same amount of mana (eg. 100 mana out of 100), if you pick up a +1 int item you should have 100/107 mana? This would be increasingly worse there more int an item has. This way you don't get screwed over by picking up new items, but you can ofc "game" the system by using the above mechanic. But since this carries a risk (an enemy hero picking up or destroying your boots), it's fair.

Can I make my HUD take up less space?You could look into buy the MLG hud on the Community Market, it is a bit smaller than the others, but not amazingly small. Dota is just meant to be played with a little "viewport". Plus I'm quite sure the game is made, so that people with higher resolutions see more or less the same as those with lower resolutions. Otherwise it would be unfair.

What is the genre of HoN/DotA/LoL?I think the reason Riot made another name, was to not reference the original game, plus it makes sense to move away from names that are based on the original games. FPS'er are not called Wolfensteins or Maze Games.

Are there hidden costs to buying Dota 2?You could also go to: reddit.com/r/sharedota2 and ask for a key. Otherwise it's a free game to play. You will once in a while get a chest (like a box in TF2) that requires a key to open. This key costs money. But you can just not open it. There are also tournaments, that cost money to spectate, if you're into that.